4.13 Going further

CTLT is offering both synchronous and asynchronous workshops to support your learning in the Online Teaching Program. Check the CTLT Events Page to sign up for this month’s synchronous workshops, or you can take advantage of the on-demand workshop recordings that complement this module. 

We recommend the following playlist of archived workshops to complement this module:

• Using the UBC Wiki to Enhance Student Learning Through Open Assignments
• Facilitating Effective Asynchronous Discussions
• Facilitating Active Peer-to-Peer Engagement in Online Spaces
• Introduction to Community Engaged Learning Principles, Pedagogy and Practice
• Learning Beyond the Computer: Place-Based Experiential Learning in Remote Contexts
• Designing courses with Care: Did I miss any student in my online course?

Because teaching online requires different skills, strategies and tools than in the face-to-face classroom, UBC faculty have requested the opportunity to “practice” with online teaching tools. In order to support this, the CTLT is offering instructors the opportunity to practice an online lesson or a Zoom activity. To register for this unique opportunity submit a request for a 1:1 consultation.

Supplemental Resources

General

• Advice on how to be a better online teacher Links to an external site. and how to make your teaching more engaging Links to an external site. from Chronicle of Higher Education.

Active Learning Techniques

• Classroom assessment techniques Links to an external site. (CATs) - These techniques (taken from Angelo and Cross’ book that includes 50 CATs Links to an external site. [pdf]) can be used to engage students online, in a synchronous or asynchronous environment.

Inclusive Teaching

• The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) module - Principles to help you learn how to make your course and learning activities more inclusive and accessible for all.
• UBC CTLT Inclusive Teaching resources - Intentional approaches to curriculum, course design, teaching practice, and assessment that create a learning environment where all students feel valued and respected.

Student Perspectives

• Engagement Matters: Student Perceptions on the Importance of Engagement Strategies in the Online Learning Environment Links to an external site. [pdf] - A study examining the effects of differences in age, gender, and years of online learning experience on students’ perception of engagement strategies. 
• Student perspectives of engagement in learning in contemporary and digital contexts Links to an external site. - This article examines student perspectives on engagement in blended learning courses and highlights the importance of including and questioning physical, virtual and political contexts and power for new models of engagement.

Experiential Education

• Compilation of tools for teaching experientially online Links to an external site. (compiled by the Association for Experiential Education).
• Trent University offers a bundled set of adaptable elearning modules Links to an external site. for community based research (a form of experiential education).
• An applied e-mentoring model Links to an external site. - an article on e-mentoring as a form of experiential education for faculty development, but can also be used as an experiential education technique for students.
• Stanford’s Run Lab Activities Links to an external site. - considerations as you plan lab activities in your online course.